So it has been 1 year since I did the big chop and I decided I wanted to dye my hair for a change. I've never dyed my hair before even when I was relaxed and I'm only a natural ingredients type of girl.

I went for the Shea Moisture Hair Color because it had no ammonia in it and it seemed like it would be the best hair color for me. My hair is naturally black and I wanted to go to medium chestnut brown. I knew my hair wouldn't take because of how dark my hair was so I planning on dyeing it twice but the Target I went to only had one box.

I continued anyway and dyed my hair. I didn't do test patch because I didn't want to have to mix the dye and then it oxidize. So I dyed my whole head and left it on for 45 minutes. When I went to rinse out my hair was soooo dry. It even relaxed my curls a little bit. I still followed directions and by the time I was done my ends felt rough.

I continued with the finishing elixir and my lovely camille rose moisture milk as my leave in and put oyin's whipped pudding on my ends to curb the dryness. My hair felt fine by the end of the week but I could still feel the dryness on the ends. So today I'm DCing with the Shea Moisture Deep Treatment Masque and as soon I put the product in my hair got dry and mangled all over again.

Is there a solution or did I really damage my hair?

curlicious13

08-25-2013 10:34 AM

Any color other than a rinse will damage your hair especially if you go lighter. Make sure you keep your hair moisturized otherwise your hair will break.

Firefox7275

08-25-2013 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by dee.robin.50
(Post 2203038)

So it has been 1 year since I did the big chop and I decided I wanted to dye my hair for a change. I've never dyed my hair before even when I was relaxed and I'm only a natural ingredients type of girl.

I went for the Shea Moisture Hair Color because it had no ammonia in it and it seemed like it would be the best hair color for me. My hair is naturally black and I wanted to go to medium chestnut brown. I knew my hair wouldn't take because of how dark my hair was so I planning on dyeing it twice but the Target I went to only had one box.

I continued anyway and dyed my hair. I didn't do test patch because I didn't want to have to mix the dye and then it oxidize. So I dyed my whole head and left it on for 45 minutes. When I went to rinse out my hair was soooo dry. It even relaxed my curls a little bit. I still followed directions and by the time I was done my ends felt rough.

I continued with the finishing elixir and my lovely camille rose moisture milk as my leave in and put oyin's whipped pudding on my ends to curb the dryness. My hair felt fine by the end of the week but I could still feel the dryness on the ends. So today I'm DCing with the Shea Moisture Deep Treatment Masque and as soon I put the product in my hair got dry and mangled all over again.

Is there a solution or did I really damage my hair?

Welcome! Unfortunately permanent box dyes are damaging, more so if you don't prepare your hair with coconut oil and hydrolysed protein. Your hair will now be more porous, less elastic and less water resistant that before so would benefit from an altered routine. Contrary to popula belief ammonia free colours are not less damaging, they are just less smelly - that ingredient is replaced by another damaging alkaline agent.

Next time do patch tests (skin) and strand tests (hair) by mixing a little of the product in a small dish rather than mixing the entire tube and bottle together. Patch tests for skin are particularly important since a PPD allergy can occasionally kill.

curlylifestyle

08-28-2013 10:30 AM

No don't get discouraged!! I just dyed my hair but I went to a salon and luckily the woman I usually go to knows what she's doing. She first bleached then put the color on top but it was sooo dry and disgusting so she used a conditioner which has silicones in it even though she always says how bad they are for my hair she used it and it did the trick. Then she used deva heaven in hair which really made it go back to normal. By the next day my hair was close to normal and now, two weesk later, it's as moisturizer as before. Make sure you condition more often though!! I condition once every day or two